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A Passage to Egypt: The Life of Lucie Duff Gordon

Lucie Duff Gordon In 1862, when Lucie Duff Gordon was diagnosed with tuberculosis, she left her husband and three children to live in Egypt, where she would spend the rest of her life. Drawing on her correspondence with her family, this title relates the dramatic transformation that she underwent as she discarded the restrictions of Victorian England. Full description

Important places

Cairo (340)

Regions

Al Qahirah (345)

Countries

Egypt (2,000)

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Sahara Desert (1,016)
Northern Africa (2,841)
Africa (5,755)